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Metal Complexes Containing π-bonding Ligands

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The Heavy Transition Elements

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Here we consider the compounds whose stability is believed to be connected with π bonding. If it is not yet true that they are as the sand that is upon the sea-shore in multitude, there are certainly very many and their influence on the study of inorganic chemistry has been revolutionary.

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Cotton, S.A., Hart, F.A. (1975). Metal Complexes Containing π-bonding Ligands. In: The Heavy Transition Elements. A Macmillan Chemistry Text. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15591-0_9

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